All parties to the conflict, including the Myanmar armed forces and various non-state actors, have used landmines. The extent of contamination is not fully known, nor the total number of casualties. However, the contamination is assumed to be heavy and the casualty numbers are likely to be in the thousands.

Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) began its Humanitarian Disarmament engagement in Myanmar in 2012.

Although there are no official accident statistics available in Myanmar, in 2017, recent casualties are being reported mainly in the northern part of the country in Kachin and Northern Shan connected to the ongoing conflict there. There are also some incidents in other parts of the country. Access to conduct demining is intrinsically linked to the ongoing peace process.

NPA is currently discussing the possibility of implementing a humanitarian demining pilot project that would demonstrate how humanitarian demining can be used as a peace-building tool.

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